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Ole-Hjalmar Kristensen <ohk@clustra.com> writes:

> I have to agree with Nicolas here. Please observe that he IS
> committing money by buying compilers. To pay for library development
> is pretty unheard of in the commercial world. Paying for the finished
> library is another thing, of course.

How is that different? Part of the profit from sales of Library 1 is
used to pay for developing Library 2. At least, it is in any company
that wants to stay in business.

Again, it's a matter of scale. A company that sells 1 million copies
of its library can charge very little per copy for developing the next
one. Unfortunately, no Ada companies have sales in that range.

> The bottom line is that each language and compiler has its
> advantages and disadvantages, including (but not limited to) price,
> availability, support, and libraries. Choosing one is a (not always)
> simple cost/benefit analysis.

True.

> Customers don't usually hang around to argue, the just go somewhere
> else if they cannot find what they're looking for.

Or offer to pay for what they need, when they can't find it.

-- 
-- Stephe